Clothesline holder



Sept. 12, 1933. A. H. ENDSOR 1,926,975

CLOTHESLINE HOLDER Filed Aug. 23, 1932 flasszar f2. ENDSOR INVENTORPatented Sept. 12; 1933 UNi'rEo STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to clothes line holders and it has for one of itsobjects the provision of a simple, inexpensive and efiicient device ofthe character mentioned and also a holder which 5 may be furtheremployed to move a clothes line.

The invention will be fully and comprehensivel5 and modifications may bemade therefrom as, do

not affect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof asexpressed in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevational View, partly in section, of the device of. myinvention showing it mounted on a clothes line and attached to theclothes line pulley with a support for the latter, the device or holderbeing shown in this view asin a holding orlocked position.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view, partly in section, of the same device asshown'in Fig. l but shows the same in open position; and

. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawingfor a more detailed description thereof, thenumeral 5 indicates a channel to the sides of which are secured uprightmembers 6 between which. is disposed and to which is pivoted the shank 7of a handle 8. The

handle carries a member 9 having a convex lower surfaceprovided withteeth 10. Said member 9 may be locked so that the line 11 is heldtightly between it andthechannel, as shown in Fig. 1, or it may be movedso as to .permit the line to pass freely between it and the channel, asshown in Fig. 2. Swivelly secured to the top of the handle is a hook 12adapted to engage a link 13 which is swivelly mounted in'an eyelet 14integral with the clothes line pulley 15, which is supported by a hook16 screwed into a support 17.

It is obvious that the connection of the handle to the pulley iseffective to hold the device in locked position gripping the line and tohold the line at any desired position. When the'hook 12 is disengagedfrom the link 13 the device may be employed to move the line to anydesired position, this being accomplished by pulling on the device whenin a locked position, then unlocking it,

then advancing it in the unlocked position, and

then moving it to locked positionand again pulling it,'. the line thusbeingrnoved in successive steps to the desired position.

What is claimed as new is:

A clothes line fastener comprising a channel, a V

convex, toothed member pivotally mounted rela tive to said channel andmovable to hold a line tight between it and the'channel or to allow theALBERT H. ENDSOR.

